Finally: no password required for downloading free apps in iOS 6

We love the App Store - it’s the one huge advantage Apple has over competing platforms, but as much as we like downloading apps and games from it, we also hate the fact that you have to enter your Apple ID password every single time you download an app.

Sure, we want that extra security step for paid purchases, but for free downloads this requirement is plain absurd. And after years of having to time and time again waste time typing down passwords for every free purchase, Apple finally listened and will remove the requirement in iOS 6.

In early iOS 6 betas Apple removed the password requirement for app updates, and now in beta 3 the requirement is gone for free apps as well. This means the only time you’d need to type down your password now will be when you want to download a paid app.

This was one of major annoyances when using the AppStore or getting app updates on my complementary iPod Touch. Sign in, new Terms and Agreements, sign in again, app finally downloads or updates. FFS...

It's one of the things I despised about the Apple App Store especially when installing a plethora of new apps. It's too tedious. Another thing I find very irritating is that after confirming to install an app, it will jump out to the home screen. If that was the only app I wanted to install then it's fine but what if I was planning to install several? Jumping in and out of the App Store gets old... very fast! I hope they fix that too.

I also own an Android tablet and I loved the fact that the Play Store wasn't so annoying!

Thank god finally. Even with my phone jailbroken with the app that should have solved the problem I still had to put in a password for everything. I thought you should at least have the option on your phone whether or not you wanted the additional protection. Why on earth would somebody want to input a password just for some free apps or for updating.

iTunes store you cannot save your password for long because after you log in to purchase apps etc. Also you cannot download purchases if a previous purchase has failed - regardless of whether the app is paid or free.

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